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ITEMS OF INTEREST POSTED ON THE CASCA WEBPAGES IN JANUARY AND FERUARY  2017:

From the Board:

• Improvements to TMT advice and feedback mechanisms
• Semi-Annual Reports from the CASCA Committees:
  • Awards Committee
  • Computation and Data Committee (CDC)
  • Equity and Inclusivity Committee (EIC)
  • Ground Based Astronomy Committee (GAC)
  • Education and Public Outreach Committee (EPO)
  • Heritage Committee

News and Announcements:

• Kaspi and Martin appointed to Order of Canada

New Job Postings:

• ALMA Director
• Research Associate, Adaptive Optics NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL of CANADA (NRC)
• Post-doctoral position in Interstellar Optical Spectroscopy
• Post-doctoral position in observational IR astronomy
• Three New MSc/PhD Positions in Exoplanet Science
• 104-16-0965_Research Associate, Adaptive Optics
• Tenure-track position in Astrophysics and Particle Astrophysics at Queen’s University

Upcoming Meetings:

• CASCA AGM, May 30-June 1, 2017, Edmonton, Alberta
• CRAQ Summer School: Exoplanet Atmospheres / École d’été du CRAQ: Les atmosphères des exoplanètes
• Fundamental Physics with the SKA, May 1-5, 2017, Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius
• Dunlap Institute 2017 Summer School

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ITEMS OF INTEREST POSTED ON THE CASCA WEBPAGES IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2016:

From the Board:

• Cassiopeia: Winter Solstice Edition (December 21, 2016)
• Word from the president / Mot du président (December 21, 2016)

News and Announcements:

• Harvey B. Richer Gold Medal for Early Career Research in Astronomy
• Nouvelles du CNRC Herzberg / NRC Herzberg News
• Update from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) / Compte rendu de l’Agence spatiale canadienne (ASC)
• EPO Update from the Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University
• Please don’t be a DOOFAAS
• EPO Reporting Tool

Instrument and Project Updates:

• Canadian Gemini News / Nouvelles canadiennes de Gemini
• Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE) Update
• BRITE Constellation News

New Job Postings:

• TENURE-TRACK, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR POSITION AT SAINT MARY’S
• 2017 U of T Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Astronomy & Astrophysics
• 2017 Trottier Excellence Grants for Summer Interns iREx

Upcoming Meetings:

• CRAQ Summer School: Exoplanet Atmospheres / École d’été du CRAQ: Les atmosphères des exoplanètes
• Fundamental Physics with the SKA, May 1-5, 2017, Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius

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ITEMS OF INTEREST POSTED ON THE CASCA WEBPAGES IN MAY AND JUNE 2015:

From the Board:

• Cassiopeia: Summer Solstice Edition (June 21, 2015)
• President’s Report (June 20, 2015)
• Two new Patrons named: announcements in English, French
• Semi-Annual Reports from the CASCA Committees:
  • Computation and Data Committee (CDC)
  • Ground Based Astronomy Committee (GAC)
  • Joint Subcommittee on Space Astronomy (JCSA)
  • Long Range Plan Implementation Committee (LRPIC)
  • Graduate Student Committee (GSC)
  • Education and Public Outreach Committee (EPO)
  • Heritage Committee

News and Announcements:

• A Big Thank You to the Government of Canada
• LRP Update
• Nouvelles du CNRC Herzberg / NRC Herzberg News
• CASCA AGM 2015 and CASCA 2015 at a glance

Instrument and Project Updates:

• ALMA Matters
• Canadian Gemini News / Nouvelles canadiennes de Gemini
• Herschel-HIFI News

New Job Postings:

• Tier II Canada Research Chair – Bishop’s University

Upcoming Meetings:

• Exoplanets and Statistics (A Focus Meeting within the XXIX IAU General Assembly, 3-5 August, 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii
• IAU General Assembly, 3-14 August, 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii
• Square Kilometre Array Key Science Workshop, August 24-27, 2015, Stockholm, Sweden

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ITEMS OF INTEREST POSTED ON THE CASCA WEBPAGES IN DECEMBER 2014:

From the Board:

• Cassiopeia: Winter Solstice Edition (December 21, 2014)
• President’s Report (December 21, 2014)
• 2015 Mid-Term Review White Papers

News and Announcements:

• CSA Update/Compte rendu de l’ASC
• Nouvelles du CNRC Herzberg / NRC Herzberg News

Instrument and Project Updates:

• ALMA Update
• Arctic Update
• Astrosat News
• Gemini News / Nouvelles de Gemini
• Herschel-HIFI News
• A Final Dispatch from the JCMT

Important deadlines:

• Nominations are due 19 January 2015 for the Plaskett, Martin, Qilak, and Petrie awards.

New Job Postings:

• POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW – University of Manitoba
• Postdoctoral Position in Galaxy Clusters and Galaxy Evolution
• McGill Space Institute Coordinator
• Post-doctoral position in astrophysics at the Université de Montréal

Upcoming Meetings:

• CASCA 2015, 24-27 May 2015, Hamilton, Ontario (web site coming soon!)
• The Future & Science of Gemini Observatory, 14-18 June 2015, Toronto, Ontario
• In the spirit of Bernard Lyot 2015 : Direct Detection of Exoplanets and Circumstellar Disks, 22-26 June, 2015, Montréal, Québec
• Exoplanets and Statistics (A Focus Meeting within the XXIX IAU General Assembly, 3-5 August, 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii
• IAU General Assembly, 3-14 August, 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii

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ITEMS OF INTEREST POSTED ON THE CASCA WEBPAGES IN NOVEMBER 2014:

From the Board:

• 2015 Mid-Term Review White Papers

News and Announcements:

• CASCA’s Ethics Statement (November 24, 2014)
• Déclaration du code d’éthique de la CASCA (November 24, 2014)

CASCA in the News:

• Birth of Planets Revealed in Astonishing Detail in ALMA’s ‘Best Image Ever’ (November 12, 2014)

Open Job Postings:

• Plaskett Research Associate, NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL of CANADA (NRC)
• Assistant Professors in Astronomical Instrumentation or Data-Intensive Astronomy University of Toronto – 1401986

 

UPCOMING MEETINGS:

• Testing Gravity: 15-17 January 2015, Vancouver, B.C..
• 2015 IEEE AP-S Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science: 19-25 January 2015, Vancouver, B.C..
• In the spirit of Bernard Lyot 2015 : Direct Detection of Exoplanets and Circumstellar Disks, 22-26 June, 2015, Montréal, Québec
• Exoplanets and Statistics (A Focus Meeting within the XXIX IAU General Assembly, 3-5 August, 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii

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ITEMS OF INTEREST POSTED ON THE CASCA WEBPAGES IN OCTOBER 2014:

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News and Announcements:

CASCA in the News:

• On-Site Construction Begins on the Thirty Meter Telescope in Hawaii; Watch Worldwide by Webcast on October 7 (October 7, 2014)

New Job Postings:

• Plaskett Research Associate, NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL of CANADA (NRC)
• Postdoctoral Position in Observational Astrophysics
• Postdoctoral Position in Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology at the University of Waterloo
• Assistant Professors in Astronomical Instrumentation or Data-Intensive Astronomy University of Toronto – 1401986
• Dunlap Postdoctoral Fellowships in Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Postdoctoral Position in Radio Polarimetry

 

UPCOMING MEETINGS:

• Testing Gravity: 15-17 January 2015, Vancouver, B.C..
• 2015 IEEE AP-S Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science: 19-25 January 2015, Vancouver, B.C..
• In the spirit of Bernard Lyot 2015 : Direct Detection of Exoplanets and Circumstellar Disks, 22-26 June, 2015, Montréal, Québec
• Exoplanets and Statistics (A Focus Meeting within the XXIX IAU General Assembly, 3-5 August, 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii

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ITEMS OF INTEREST POSTED ON THE CASCA WEBPAGES IN AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2014:

From the Board:

• Cassiopeia: Autumnal Equinox Edition (September 23, 2014)
• President’s Report (September 23, 2014)

News and Announcements:

CASCA in the News:

• Dr. Sara Ellison awarded the Rutherford Memorial Medal in Physics by the Royal Society of Canada (September 24, 2014)
• Dr. Christien Marois elected to the College of New Scholars of the Royal Society of Canada (September 17, 2014)
• Dr. Harvey Richer is Elected to the Royal Society of Canada (September 16, 2014)

New Job Postings:

 

UPCOMING MEETINGS:

• Testing Gravity: 15-17 January 2015, Vancouver, B.C..
• 2015 IEEE AP-S Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science: 19-25 January 2015, Vancouver, B.C..
• In the spirit of Bernard Lyot 2015 : Direct Detection of Exoplanets and Circumstellar Disks,  22-26 June, 2015, Montréal, Québec
• Exoplanets and Statistics (A Focus Meeting within the XXIX IAU General Assembly, 3-5 August, 2015, Honolulu, Hawaii

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ITEMS OF INTEREST POSTED ON THE CASCA WEBPAGES IN JUNE/JULY 2014:

From the Board:

• Cassiopeia: Summer Solstice Edition (June 24, 2014)
• President’s Report (June 18, 2014)
• (Past) President’s Report (June 18, 2014)
• Semi-Annual Reports from the CASCA Committees:
  • Computation and Data Committee (CDC)
  • Ground Based Astronomy Committee (GAC)
  • Long Range Plan Implementation Committee (LRPIC)
  • Awards Committee
  • Education and Public Outreach Committee (EPO)
  • Graduate Student Committee (GSC)
  • Heritage Committee

News and Announcements:

• Dunlap Institute, University of Toronto, announces new director, astronomer Prof. Bryan Gaensler (June 10, 2014)
• Dr. Sidney van den Bergh awarded the 2014 Gruber Cosmology Prize (June 10, 2014)

CASCA in the News:

• Next-Generation Thirty Meter Telescope Begins Construction in Hawaii (July 28, 2014)
• CFHT Uncovers Large Number of Dark Matter Peaks Using Gravitational Lensing (July 15, 2014)
• TMT Exhibits a Next-Generation Telescope Mirror Assembly in Canada (June 9, 2014)

Job Postings:

• Assistant Professor – Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto – 1401454 (posted July 22, 2014)

 

UPCOMING MEETINGS:

• Testing Gravity: 15-17 January 2015, Vancouver, B.C..
• 2015 IEEE AP-S Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science: 19-25 January 2015, Vancouver, B.C..

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ITEMS OF INTEREST POSTED ON THE CASCA WEBPAGES IN MAY 2014:

From the Board:

• New CASCA By-laws, conforming to the Canada not-for-profit Corporation Act (May 10, 2014)
 

News and Announcements:

• Press Release: « Odd Planet, So Far from its Star…. » (May 13, 2014)
 

Instrument and Project Developments:

• Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE) Project Office Opens (May 14, 2014)
• TMT Update (From Ray Carlberg, May 25, 2014)
• TMT One Page Brochure (May 22, 2014)
• TMT Canadian Digest (May 22, 2014)
 

Job Postings:

• Career Opportunities with the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (Deadline July 1, 2014)

 

UPCOMING MEETINGS:

• 2014 CASCA AGM: June 8-12 2014, Quebec City, QB
• 2010 LPR Mid Term Review Session: June 12 2014, Quebec City, QB
• Meeting Paris Clusters 2014: June 23-27 2014, Paris, France
• ISIMA 2014: Gravitational Dynamics: June 30 – August 8 2014, Toronto, ON
• TMT synergy with other facilities & capabilities in the post-2020 astronomical landscape: July 17-18 2014, Tucson, AZ
• Bright Emissaries: Be Stars as Messengers of Star-Disk Physics: August 10-13 2014, London, ON
• 2014 Dunlap Institute Astronomical Instrumentation Summer School: August 10-15 2014, Toronto, ON
• First SPIRou Science Meeting: September 22-25 2014, Toronto, ON
• ADASS XXIV: October 5-9 2014, Calgary, AB

IMPORTANT DEADLINES:

• WFIRST: Demande de renseignements (DR) / Request for Information (RFI): Deadline 6 June 2014.

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ITEMS OF INTEREST POSTED ON THE CASCA WEBPAGES IN MARCH/APRIL 2014:

From the Board:

• Selection of the 2015 MTR Panel (March 10, 2014)
• President’s Report (March 18, 2014)
• Cassiopeia: Vernal Equinox Edition (March 24, 2014)
• Semi-Annual Reports from the CASCA Committees:
  • Computation and Data Committee (CDC)
  • Ground Based Astronomy Committee (GAC)
  • Joint Committee for Space Astronomy (JCSA)
  • Long Range Plan Implementation Committee (LRPIC)
  • Awards Committee
  • Education and Public Outreach Committee (EPO)
  • Graduate Student Committee (GSC)
  • Heritage Committee
 

News and Announcements:

• Press Release: ‘Death Stars’ in Orion Blast Planets before They Even Form (March 13, 2014)
• Press Release: Council of Giants (March 14, 2014)
• CASCA’s 2014 Carlyle S. Beals Award presented to Dr. Harvey Richer (March 18, 2014)
• CASCA’s J.S. Plaskett Medal presented to Dr. Andrew Pon (March 19, 2014)
• CASCA’s Qilak Award Presented to Dr. Howard Trottier (March 24, 2014)
• CASCA’s Dunlap Award Presented to Dr. Matt Dobbs (March 25, 2014)
 

Instrument and Project Developments:

• ALMA Update (From Christine Wilson, March 24, 2014)
• TMT Update (From Ray Carlberg, April 11, 2014)
 

Job Postings:

• Course Development Work — Content Expert/Curriculum Developer, Thompson River University (Deadline March 25, 2014)

 

UPCOMING MEETINGS:

• Herschel On-Line Spectroscopy Data Processing Workshop: April 23-25 2014, On-Line
• Astronomical Polarimetry 2014: May 26-30 2014, Grenoble, France
• 2014 CASCA AGM: June 8-12 2014, Quebec City, QB
• 2010 LPR Mid Term Review Session: June 12 2014, Quebec City, QB
• Meeting Paris Clusters 2014: June 23-27 2014, Paris, France
• ISIMA 2014: Gravitational Dynamics: June 30 – August 8 2014, Toronto, ON
• TMT synergy with other facilities & capabilities in the post-2020 astronomical landscape: July 17-18 2014, Tucson, AZ
• Bright Emissaries: Be Stars as Messengers of Star-Disk Physics: August 10-13 2014, London, ON
• 2014 Dunlap Institute Astronomical Instrumentation Summer School: August 10-15 2014, Toronto, ON
• ADASS XXIV: October 5-9 2014, Calgary, AB

IMPORTANT DEADLINES:

• CFHT 2014B call for proposals: Deadline 20 March 2014.
• Gemini 2014B call for proposals: Deadline 31 March 2014.
• Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic call for proposals: Deadline: 10 April 2014.

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